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minus-square@vext01link11•4 months agoOur local sainsbury now has an exit barrier that you have to open by scanning your receipt. Asides from being a waste of paper, it totally makes you feel like a criminal. It’s not a feeling I enjoy.
minus-square@Z3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•4 months agoHow do you get out if you didn’t buy anything?
minus-square@dubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•4 months agoYou simply avoid the place altogether to prevent the situation.
minus-square@Z3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoYeh this is what I do. I tend to buy things as cheaply as I can and that does mean I leave stores empty handed because next door is cheaper
minus-square@SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoAsking a staff member to open the gate for you?
minus-square@Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoThat whole system sounds like an immense fire hazard
minus-square@SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-24 months agoIt’s not a border patrol style 4m tall metal gate. It’s something you push open in case of fire. They look like one of these. Meant to deter, not block.
minus-square@SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•4 months agoThose are very common in the Dutch supermarkets. There are no dumb weighing systems though, so if you scan on the go you can pack it while shopping. The Albert Heijn uses an optional loyalty card that can be used to exit without a receipt (just scan the same loyalty card).
Our local sainsbury now has an exit barrier that you have to open by scanning your receipt.
Asides from being a waste of paper, it totally makes you feel like a criminal. It’s not a feeling I enjoy.
How do you get out if you didn’t buy anything?
You simply avoid the place altogether to prevent the situation.
Yeh this is what I do. I tend to buy things as cheaply as I can and that does mean I leave stores empty handed because next door is cheaper
Actually I don’t know.
Asking a staff member to open the gate for you?
That whole system sounds like an immense fire hazard
It’s not a border patrol style 4m tall metal gate. It’s something you push open in case of fire.
They look like one of these. Meant to deter, not block.
Those are very common in the Dutch supermarkets. There are no dumb weighing systems though, so if you scan on the go you can pack it while shopping.
The Albert Heijn uses an optional loyalty card that can be used to exit without a receipt (just scan the same loyalty card).